328       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

          Liber N N  Whereupon it is granted by the Count that the said Gannet Van-
                   sweringen recover against the said John Baker the summe of
                           pounds of tobacco costs of Suite & the said John in
                   mency for his false claime.

              p. 199 Abraham Combes the defendant Morgan being heretofore attached
                       agt by Clement Hill Sheriff of st Maries County to
                Edward Morgan   answer unto the said Abraham Combs in a plea
                                that he render unto him nine hundred forty five
                   pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth & unjustly deteineth & the
                   Said Edward not appeareing to answer the suite aforesaid the Said
                   Sheriff Standeth amerced and now here at this Court to wit in No-
                   vember 1676 came the said Abraham by Robert Carvile his Attorny
                   & prayed the bayle bond of the Said Edward to be assigned to him
                   & it is granted unto him.

                  Leonard Greene Marmaduke Semme late of St Maries County
                       agt was attached to answer unto Leonard Greene
                Marmaduke Semme of a plea wherefore by force & armes upon him
                                the said Leonard an assault he did make & beate
                   him & wounded & ill handed him so that of his life it was dispaired
                   & other injuryes to him he did against the Peace &c.
                    And whereupon the said Leonard by Robert Carvile his At-
                   torny complaineth that the said Leonard Greene being Constable of
                   st George Hundred & haveing received a warrant from Clement Hill
                   High Sheriff of st Maries County for to impresse Come & provisions
                   for his Lopps Use in his Warr against the Indians and comeing
                   for that purpose to the house of the said Marmaduke at West
                   St Maries in the said Hundred & County aforesaid upon the two &
                   twentith day of September in the yeare of Our Lord 1675 he the
                   said Marmaduke with ffortune his wife with force & armes an
                   assault upon him the said Leonard did make & him did so beate wound
                   & ill handle that of his life it was despaired & other harmes to him
                   did against his Lopps Peace & to the great damage of the said
                   Leonard whereupon he saith he is dampnified & hath losse to the
                   value of ten thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his
                   suite.
                    And the said Marmaduke by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny
                   cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty
                   to imparle hereunto untill the next Court & it is granted him the
                   same day is given to the said Leonard.
                    Now here at this day to wit the first day of December in the sec-
                   ond yeare of his Lopps Dominion &c Annoq Doffi 1676 Came the
                   said Leonard by his Attorny aforesaid & offered himselfe against the
                   said Marmaduke in the plea aforesaid but the said Marmaduke
                   Came not but made default. Whereupon it is granted by the Court